“The suspect is charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, abuse of the elderly and other charges,” RIA Novosti quoted a statement from a San Francisco police spokesman.
According to him, the perpetrator was 42-year-old David DePape.
Motives for the attack are being established.
Earlier it was reported about the attack on the house of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, her husband Paul Pelosi was injured.
Nancy Pelosi herself was not in San Francisco at the time of the attack.
US President Joe Biden personally called the Speaker of the House of Representatives to express words of support in connection with the recent attack on her husband Paul at the couple's residence in San Francisco.